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Show REMOVAL OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IS IMMINENT New York, Sept. 1 There Is reason rea-son to believe that the removal of the seat of the French government from Paris to Bordeaux is only a matter of hours. A cablegram received this evening from ( P. Bertelli. manager of the Paris bureau of the International News Service, announced that ho had divided his forces into two parts and had sent half of his staff to Bordeaux by taxicabs. Mr. Benelli advised that he himself would stay In Paris While the mere i details of the arrangement were all 1 that the censor permitted to come ; through to New York, the dispatch j stated that war news service might be started from Bordeaux at any min ute. Under the present arrangement, if the capital Is moved, the International Internation-al News Service Paris bureau will cover both the new seat of government govern-ment and the city of Paris, which will be in a state of siege if the Germans succeed In piercing the line of the allies |